Opisthias
| Opisthias Temporal range: Possible Berriasian record
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| Jaw of Opisthias rarus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Rhynchocephalia |
| Suborder: | Sphenodontia |
| Infraorder: | Eusphenodontia |
| Clade: | Neosphenodontia |
| Clade: | †Opisthodontia |
| Genus: | †Opisthias Gilmore 1909 |
| Type species | |
| Opisthias rarus Gilmore, 1905
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Opisthias is a genus of sphenodont reptile. The type species, Opisthias rarus, is known from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian) of western North America.